The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, established in December 2019. Its primary role is to organize, train, and equip space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space by ensuring space superiority. The USSF manages space launch operations, satellite operations, space environment surveillance, and satellite defense, and partners with organizations like NASA on space domain awareness and planetary defense. Key areas of focus include missile warning, satellite communications, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services.
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If confirmed by the Senate, Douglas A. Schiess will become the Space Force’s highest-ranking officer.
Douglas Schiess transferred into the Space Force in 2022.
If confirmed by the Senate, Douglas A. Schiess will be the third Chief of Space Operations since the Space Force was established in December 2019.
SpaceX launched its second CAS500 mission on Sunday, May 3, from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX launched the seven HEO satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 09:00 on Sunday, 3 May.
Douglas A. Schiess transferred into the Space Force in 2022.
If confirmed, Douglas Schiess will be the third person to serve as chief of space operations since the Space Force was established in 2019.
BAE Systems will test satellite-to-satellite communications using Link-182, the radio-frequency data link adopted for the U.S. Space Force’s Milnet constellation.
The CAS500-2 mission launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:00 a.m. PT on Sunday, May 3.
Mission Drishti launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX launched PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Trump administration tapped Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess for a fourth star and to become the Space Force’s next uniformed head pending Senate confirmation.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on the CAS500-2 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 3, 2026.
Saber Astronautics’ SBMS holds a continuous authority to operate and is deployed across classified U.S. Space Force networks.
Optimum Technologies is advancing a second Caracal payload for the U.S. Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space program under the VICTUS SURGO mission.
Colorado's U.S. Space Force and satellite manufacturing ecosystem contains Tier-2 and Tier-3 supply chain capacity.
SpaceX launched Hydra-2 on January 11 on the Twilight mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The U.S. Space Force Enterprise Space Terminal program is advancing to Phase 3 after successful independent verification of General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems’ optical communication terminal.
The Skid Strip runway at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is a critical infrastructure asset supporting United States space launch capabilities.
The Skid Strip runway at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station reopened after a two-year renovation.